Since the messaging feature seems to be having issues!!!

To karisu_samaand didjiman
 
It was wonderful to meet you both. I had a great time hanging out and looking faaaabulous with you guys.

BTW, the book on noh and kyogen I mentioned is called Miracles and Mischief by Sharon Sadako Takeda and you can get the details here.

To bovil and kproche

Thanks, as ever, to your Evil yet Genteel hospitality.

Written from Chateau des Singes,
The Mistress of Monkeys

Kimono Fashion Show in San Francisco, 4/5/08

Attention, Bay Area Nipponophiles! Anyone up for this? I saw Tomita-san's presentation at the Asian last spring and it was a treat!

Ukiyo-e and Edo Period Culture

A Kimono Fashion Show featuring Tomita Nobuaki
Saturday, April 5

1:30 pm

Samsung Hall

$5 members and children under 13, $13 seniors, $12 youths aged 13–17 and college students, $17 general (includes museum admission). Tickets beginning March 5: online or Admissions Desk.

Japanese kimono stylist and textile designer Tomita Nobuaki presents his second kimono fashion show at the Asian Art Museum, this time inspired by the ukiyo-e images of the floating world in the special exhibition Drama and Desire. Tomita, known for his high-profile work costuming Japanese movie stars and actors in period dramas, has worked with weavers and artisans in Kyoto to create kimono and obi textiles evoking the paintings featured in the exhibition, as well as other aspects of
Edo period culture (1615–1868), such as lion dancing. The performance includes his unveiling of new designs created in collaboration with San Francisco artist Gary Bukovnik as well as a performance by lion dancers from the city of Himi in Toyama prefecture, Japan.

In Japanese with English translation.

Post a photo of yourself meme (swiped from minstrlmummr and shalmestere)

( You were expecting maybe Audrey Hepburn? )